1. OSWEGO COUNTY BOCES
NEW EMPLOYEE
SAFETY TRAINING
January 2013

2. ADMINISTRATION
Welcome
Life safety procedures
Facilities
Sign in
Introductions
 Tom Abbott, Safety Officer
 963-4271, Ext. 271
 tabbott@oswegoboces.org

3. OBJECTIVES
• Provide overview of BOCES emergency
response procedures.
• Discuss common safety threats and
prevention measures.
• Inform you of your Right-to-Know
• Help you navigate to available online
safety resources.

4. HTTP://SAFETY.OSWEGOBOCES.ORG/
YOUR ONLINE SAFETY RESOURCE

5. WORKPLACE HAZARDS
 Armed intruder
 Hazardous materials
 Natural disaster
 Bomb threat
Operation of equipment
 Fire
Communicable diseases
WMD

6. OSHA HIERARCHY OF SAFETY
 Engineering
Mechanical deterrents to shield employee from
hazard.
 Administrative
Safe work practice protocols
 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

7. OUR DUTIES UNDER OSHA
Employer shall:
Provide safe workplace for employees.
Comply with OSHA health and safety
standards.
Employee shall:
Comply with standards, rules and regulations
issued pursuant to OSH Act.

8. COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PLAN
• BOCES emergency planning and procedural
guidelines.
• Every employee is responsible for learning
procedures applicable to their workplace.
• http://teams.oswegoboces.org/Documents/CEMP
01Oct09PublicDomainFinal.pdf

9. CEMP COMPONENTS
• Base plan
• Functional Annexes
• Hazard Specific Appendices

10. BASE PLAN
Roles and Responsibilities
Prevention & Mitigation
Preparedness
Response- ICS
Recovery

11. INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM
• A standardized incident management concept.
• Flexible, scalable response system
• Span of control and communication
Incident
Command
Operations Planning Logistics Finance/
Section Section Section Administration
Section

12. SAMPLE TERMINOLOGY
Incident Commander - The individual who is
responsible for overall management of all incident
operations.
Logistics Section Chief – The individual who is
responsible for providing facilities, services and
materials for the incident.
Operations Section Chief – The individual who is
responsible for all tactical operations at the
incident.
Safety Officer – Member of the command staff who is
responsible for monitoring and assessing safety
hazards, addressing unsafe situations, and
developing measures to ensure personnel safety.

13. X

14. Fire Drill ICS
Accountability
Officer
Evacuation Area #1 Evacuation Area #2 Evacuation Area #3 Evacuation Area #4
Teachers Teachers Teachers Teachers
Students Students Students Students

15. Superintendent
Planning Logistics Finance/
Evacuation Ops Section Section Administration
Section
Evacuation Area #1 Transportation
Evacuation Area #2 Reunification
Evacuation Area #3
Evacuation Area #4

16. PIO
Unified Command
Safety Liaison
Planning Logistics Finance/
Operations Section Section Section Administration
Section
Evacuation Section Transportation
Fire Department Communication
EMS Reunification
Law Enforcement Equipment/Supplies

17. HTTP://SAFETY.OSWEGOBOCES.ORG/
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM FOR
SCHOOLS

19. UNIVERSAL RESPONSE PROCEDURES
Section 8.4 of CEMP
Lock Down
Shelter-in-Place
Evacuation

20. LOCK DOWN
• High to Severe Alert Response.
• Limit entry and exit within your safe area.
• Cover and Conceal
• No one enters your space.
• Put as many barriers between you and
students and person who wants to do
harm.

21. SHELTER-IN-PLACE
• Guarded Alert response.
• Limit movement of students and staff.
• Teaching and work can continue in
individual work space.

22. EVACUATION
On-site evacuation
Exit to exterior or alternate building
Reverse evacuation
Move back into building.
Off-site evacuation
Move to location off-campus

23. MITIGATE HAZARDS
• Be aware of suspicious activity or odd
behavior.
• Be vigilant to strange packages, items or
substances.
• Listen to what is going on.
• Immediately report suspicious activity or
potentially dangerous conditions.

24. BE PREPARED
Know the location of exits and how window
exits work.
Keep rescue window clear.
Know your Universal Response Procedures

25. RESPOND PROPERLY
 Keep calm and assess the situation.
 Contact your Supervisor or Responders.
 Follow announced response measures.
Evacuate, relocate or shelter in place.
 Identify yourself and cooperate with responders.

26. STUDENT-ON-STUDENT VIOLENCE
 You are not required to physically intervene, but
you must take some action to control the
situation:
Contact Security by phone (Ext. 289)
Contact Security by radio (Channel #1)
Contact the Operator (Dial 0) who will then notify
Security by radio.
Contact you supervisor.

27. SPECIFIC HAZARDS

28. FIRES
 Average of 6,000 structure fires per year occur in
schools in the U.S.
 They account for 88 civilian injuries and $90M in
direct property damage.
 Common causes in K-12 schools:
Trash fire
Cooking fire
Incendiary
* USFA study 2003-2006.

29. DEADLY SCHOOL FIRES
1908 March 4th. USA, Ohio, Collinwood, Lakeview Elementary School: a fire at
around 9:30 a.m. destroyed the wooden structure in Collinwood, a city of 8,000
people 7 miles northeast of Cleveland; 174 children and two teachers were
killed
1923 May 17th. USA, South Carolina, Beulah, Cleveland School: during a school
play with more than 300 people in the audience a lamp fell down and started a
fire; 77 people died, 47 of them were under the age of 18
1924 December 24th. -- USA, Oklahoma, Hobart, Babb Switch School; 35 people
died during a stage performance of the annual Christmas songfest a candle
felt into the branches of the Christmas tree causing it to burst into flames in
the one-room schoolhouse; 36 people, mostly small children died.
1937, March 18th. USA, Texas, New London: explosion and subsequent fire in a
school building due to a gas leak in the heating system; 500 people, mostly
children, died
1954 March 31st. USA, New York, Buffalo: explosion and fire in a school annex
building due to a gas leak; 15 6th graders killed.
1958 December 1st. USA, Illinois, Chicago, Fire at "Our Lady of
the Angels" school, 90 pupils and 3 nuns died

30. FF Richard Scheidt
John Jaikowski, Jr.

31. RESULTING REQUIREMENTS
 Prevention
 Routine inspections, disposal of refuse
 Mitigation
 Building construction
 Preparedness
 Evacuation plans, fire drills
 Response
 Detection and alerting systems
 Fire extinguishers

32. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
DETECT fire hazards
DETER by using safe practices
DEFEND by:
Knowing how lead your students to safety.
Knowing where fire alarm pull stations are.
Shutting the doors as you leave.
DEFEAT by removing or reporting hazards

34. EXTINGUISHER CLASSIFICATIONS

35. EXTINGUISHER TYPES
Pressurized Water CO2
Class A Class BC
Dry Chemical
Class A, B, C

36. EXTINGUISHING METHOD

37. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
 Employer Requirements
Hazard Communication Program
Material Safety Data Sheets
Assure proper labeling
Training

40. REQUIRED MSDS INFO
 Name(s) of substance
 Physical and chemical characteristics
 Health hazards
Signs and symptoms
First aid
 Fire/explosion hazards
 Safe handling measures
PPE

41. LABELS

42. http://safety.oswegoboces.org/

43. ASBESTOS
 Friable vs. non-friable
 Most school building constructed before the
mid-80’s have or had ACMs
 Asbestos Hazards Emergency Response Act of
1986 (AHERA)
 Asbestos is present in some BOCES buildings
in secured or encapsulated form.
 According to EPA, the risk of airborne fibers is
very low.

48. LOCK-OUT / TAG-OUT
 Method for protecting maintenance
personnel from injury:
Electrical equipment
Hydraulic equipment
Pneumatic equipment

49. FIRST AID
 Trained medical providers
 Contact School Nurse or Switchboard
 Making the call E-911

50. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Blood borne pathogens
Air borne pathogens

51. BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
 Definition: “a micro-organism that may be
present in blood or body fluids that can cause
disease in humans”.
 Bloodborne viruses include:
HIV
HBV (Hep-B)
HCV (Hep-C)

52. HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
 HIV damages immune system.
 Causes AIDS
 Infected people represent all ages, races, sexes and
lifestyles.
 There is no vaccine or cure.
 Spread by contact with infected blood or body fluids.
 NYS has highest prevalence of HIV/AIDs

53. HEPATITIS B AND C VIRUS
 Hepatitis is an
inflammation of the liver
caused by a virus or toxin.
 Transmitted by exposure
to infected blood or body
fluids.

54. HEPATITIS B AND C VIRUS
 Can be acute or chronic.
 Can lead to scarring of the liver (cirrhosis)
and liver cancer.
 1.25 million in US have chronic HBV.
 HBV is 100 times more infectious that HIV
 HCV is the leading cause of liver transplants
Source: CDC

55. ACUTE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
• Fever • Abdominal pain
• Fatigue • Dark urine
• Loss of appetite • Clay-colored bowel
movements
• Nausea
• Joint pain
• Vomiting
• Jaundice

56. CHRONIC HBV AND HBC INFECTION
 Chronic HBV and HCV are often described as
„silent diseases‟.
 Most chronic victims remain asymptomatic until the
onset of cirrhosis or end-stage liver disease.
 They don‟t know they are carriers, and neither will
you.

57. BBP TRANSMISSION
 Exposure to infectious body fluids:
Blood
Semen
Vaginal fluid
Breast milk
Cerebrospinal fluid
Other body materials with visible blood

58. LIFESTYLE PRECAUTIONS
 Avoid unprotected sex
 Avoid promiscuous sex
 Avoid sex with IV drug users
 Do not share IV needles

59. UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS
 Treat ALL blood and body fluids as though
they are infectious.
 Avoid exposure by using protective barriers.
(i.e., nonporous gloves, goggles)
 Prevent penetrating injuries with proper
engineering and procedures. (i.e., sharps
containers, self-retracting needles)

61. HEPATITIS B VACCINE
 Provides protection against HBV up to 15
years or more.
 May prevent infection if given within 1 week
of exposure.
 Employees with risk of occupational
exposure should get vaccinated.
 Vaccine is offered at no cost to designated
„at-risk‟ employees.

62. AT RISK EMPLOYEES
 School nurses
 Health care faculty
 Custodians
 Maintenance workers
 Special Education, Administrators Teachers and
TAs
 Bus Drivers and Aides
 Security officers
 Job coaches

63. GOOD SAMARITAN ACTS
 Voluntary acts which result in exposure to
blood or other potentially infection materials
are not considered an occupational
exposure unless the employee is
designated to do so (i.e., school nurse
providing first aid)
 However, in such cases the District will
offer post-exposure evaluation and follow-
up.

64. PROTECT YOURSELF
 If you are classified as an at-risk
employee, request HBV vaccine series.
 Wear disposable gloves if blood or possibly
infectious body fluids are present.
 Avoid handling broken glass or uncapped
needles.
 Clean up should be done by designated
custodial staff.

65. POST-EXPOSURE ACTIONS
 Wash needle sticks and cuts with soap and water.
 Flush splashes to the nose, mouth or skin with
water.
 Irrigate eyes with clean water, saline, or sterile
irrigants.
 Report exposure to the nurse, who will initiate the
evaluation and follow-up process.

66. AIR BORNE PATHOGEN
 Disease causing micro-organisms
that may be present in sputum and
body fluids that can be spread by
droplet or air borne transmission.

67. INFLUENZA VIRUS
 A viral infection which is
spread by close contact
with an infected person.
 The infection may
cause discomfort, fever
and in some extreme
cases death.

68. N Spikes
H
Spikes
Viral Antigens

69. INFLUENZA
 Caused by the seasonal influenza virus
and in some cases alternate viruses.
 H1N1 (Swine Flu)
Spreads similarly to seasonal flu
Source: CDC

70. ELIMINATION OF EXPOSURE
 Sick students and staff stay home.
 Deny entry of sick visitors.
 Social distancing.
 Isolate students with flu-like symptoms.

71. ENGINEERING CONTROLS
 Reduce the hazard by removing the hazard
or isolating the worker from the hazard.
Waterless soap
Vaccinations- Protect against seasonal or
H1N1.

72. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
 Surgical gloves
 N-95 respirators
 Gloves

73. WORK PRACTICE CONTROLS
 Do not share glasses or utensils
 Limit physical contact, like shaking hands
 “Cough and sneeze etiquette”
 Wash hands often

74. HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS…
Best way to avoid spreading disease.

75. OSHA
U.S. Department of Labor
Promulgates regulations
Enforce regulations with the exception of
State workers.
NYS Public Employee Safety and Health
(PESH)
Enforcement of Federal regulations for State
employees.

76. WRAP UP
29 CFR 1910 Occupational Safety and Health
Standards
 Subpart E – Means of egress
 1910.39 Fire Prevention Plans
 Subpart I – Personal Protective Equipment
 Subpart J – General Environmental Controls
 1910.147 Lock-Out / Tag-Out
 Subpart K – First Aid
 Subpart L – Fire Protection
 Subpart Z – Toxic and Hazardous Substances
 1910.1030 – Blood Borne Pathogens
 1910.1200 – Hazard Communications

77. QUESTIONS?
Michael Sterio, Tom Abbott
Director Safety and Security Safety Officer
963-4289 963-4271
msterio@oswegoboces.org tabbott@oswegoboces.org